Bullshit. Bush will not overthrow Saddam. He will not overthrow the Iranian regime. And he will not overthrow Kim Jong Il. The speech was purely for domestic consumption. There has been no change in US foreign policy.
Sept. 11 changed very little. It made the US public less queasy about overseas military adventures. (We'll see how long that lasts.) And it made "terrorism" a more important rationale for the US policies that were already in place. But it did not change the views of US allies. It didn't even cause the much-advertised realignment in US relations with Russia and China.
The "war on terrorism" was a war on Afghanistan. That's it. I hate to disappoint the likes of Michael Kelley.
Seth